Brazil senator targeted with search warrant as Banco Master probe widens

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May 7, 2026 7:23 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside Bank Master (Banco Master), following the arrest of the controlling shareholder of lender Banco Master, businessman Daniel Vorcaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/ Amanda Perobelli/File Photo

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, ‌May 7 (Reuters) - ​Brazil's ​federal police on Thursday served a search and seizure warrant on Senator ‌Ciro Nogueira as part of a widening ⁠probe into now-defunct lender Banco Master, according to ‌a Supreme Court ruling ‌on Thursday.

• Nogueira served as chief of staff to former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro ​from August 2021 to December 2022

• He is the head of the Progressives party ⁠and a sitting senator representing the state of Piaui

• Supreme ​Court Justice Andre Mendonca wrote in his decision that the police probe indicated ​Nogueira allegedly acted in ‌favor of Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro "in exchange for undue economic advantages"

• ⁠Nogueira's lawyers denied any wrongdoing, saying in a statement he would cooperate with authorities and was ⁠at their disposal to provide clarification

• The warrant targeting ​Nogueira marks an escalation into the political sphere of the investigation into alleged corruption tied to Banco ‌Master

• Master was liquidated in November amid a severe liquidity crisis, and ‌its owner Vorcaro is under arrest

(Reporting by ⁠Ricardo Brito in Brasilia ‌and Rodrigo ​Viga Gaier in Rio de Janeiro; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Chizu ‌Nomiyama)


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